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UK finance body urges courting 'old' friends like U.S., Japan post Brexit
Reuters ^ | Tue Aug 2, 2016 7:42pm EDT | Huw Jones

Posted on 08/03/2016 7:42:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Deepening ties with European companies and “old friends” like the United States and Japan would help Britain preserve its global role in finance after leaving the EU, an industry body said on Wednesday.

TheCityUK published a to-do list for the financial sector and government, saying June’s vote to leave the European Union magnified the challenge of keeping up with global competition in finance.

Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris and Milan all hope to win a slice of London’s market share in financial services. …

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Japan; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; brexit; cityoflondon; euro; europeanunion; eussr; france; germany; nato; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 08/03/2016 7:42:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

They held off Germany single handedly for a while.

Trump will get elected and we will do great business with England. And Israel.


2 posted on 08/03/2016 7:48:50 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Olog-hai

Don’t bother courting the U.S. until the guy who spurned the Churchill bust is safely out of office and onto the trash heap of history. After that things are going to change. Might be perfect timing.


3 posted on 08/03/2016 7:50:32 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Indeed; Mr. “Back of the queue” backstabber has to be out of the way.


4 posted on 08/03/2016 8:20:02 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Billthedrill

You took the words right outta’ my mouth.

we are of the same mind on this.


5 posted on 08/03/2016 9:02:30 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: Olog-hai

I thought London was a global financial powercenter. So how much real effect will Brexit have on that power?


6 posted on 08/03/2016 9:36:40 PM PDT by blueplum ((March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?))
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After China, aren’t we indebted to the U.K?


7 posted on 08/03/2016 10:13:49 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Billthedrill

>> the guy who spurned the Churchill bust

A despicable maneuver by a despicable cucker.


8 posted on 08/03/2016 10:18:41 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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